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The Numerals i, ii. iii. iv. v. refer to the Volume; the Figures to the Page.
In the references, no distinction is made between the notes and the text.

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ABBOT, archbishop, said to have instigated king James against the
Arminians, i. 152-His letter to James, remonstrating against his
toleration of the Catholics, 266-Presides at the coronation of
Charles the First, and administers the oath, ii. 198–Character of,
as a church ruler, 225-In disgrace for refusing to license Sibthorpe's

sermon, 287.

Absurdities eagerly swallowed by some men, iii. 86.

Academical discipline relaxed after the Restoration, v. 8.

Academies of Greece and Rome, object of their institution, iv. 6.
Act of oblivion passed during the Commonwealth, iii. 271.

Act of uniformity, see Uniformity.

Acts of parliament formerly proclaimed in the markets, iv. 40.
Addresses sent from various places to congratulate Oliver Cromwell on
his assumption of the protectorate, iii. 343-Presented to Richard
on his succession, iv. 178, 182.

Affability mistaken for tenderness and good-nature, as in the character
of Charles the Second, v. 45.

Agitators, the, desirous of a conjunction with the king, ii. 451-Send
Joyce to seize him, 474-A council of, erected by the army, iii.
141-Their share in the mutiny against the parliament, 162-Re-
fuse to be reconciled to the king, 170.

Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, disgusting to the French king, v. 200.
Algiers, number of English prisoners and captives there, occasions a
committee of enquiry in the house of commons, ii. 182-Number
of these captives restored by the taking of Sallee, 196.
Allegiance, oath of, enacted, to secure the obedience of the Catholics,
i. 111-The taking of this oath forbidden by the pope, 114-James
the First's apology for enacting it, in answer to the pope's brief,
117, 119-Favourable conduct of James to such Catholics as take
it, 258-Its nature considered, iv. 47.

Allegiance and protection, mutual obligations between the prince and
people, iv. 399.

Allen, sir Thos. lord mayor of London, prevails on Moncke to de-
clare against the Rump Parliament, iv. 311.

Allington, Wm. lord, pensioned by Charles the Second for his par-
liamentary services, v. 280.

Altar, ceremony of bowing to it, when and by whom introduced, ii.
221-Anecdote of a man of letters going to St. Paul's, to see Dr.
Hare make his bow, 222-Question of the harm contained in this
ceremony answered, 223.

Ambassador, Swedish, how received by Cromwell, iii. 30.
Ambassadors, spies by office, should be narrowly watched, v. 229—
Honours conferred on them, prohibited by Elizabeth of England, and
Christina of Sweden, 230.

Amboyna, cruelties exercised there by the Dutch on the English,
i. 198-These cruelties avenged by Cromwell, ib. 200-James and
Cromwell respecting this business compared, ib. 201.

Amnesty, a general, proclaimed by Charles the Second, iv. 356.
Ancram, Charles earl of, a member of the pensioned parliament, under
Charles the Second, v. 281-Endeavours to screen the assassins who
had attacked Sir John Coventry, 314.

Andover, lord, married by a popish priest, ii. 233.

Andrews, bishop of Winchester, his witty reply to James the First,
i. 156.

Andrews, bishop of Chichester and Ely, his answers to Bellarmin, i.

303.

Andrews, dean, as chairman of the Irish convocation, compared by
Wentworth to Ananias, ii. 246.

Anglesey, lord, leaves a memorandum in writing, that the Icon Basi-
like was the production of Dr. Gauden, ii. 126.

Anne, lady, wife to James duke of York, her character, i. 37-Her
inclination towards popery, promoted by the flatteries of protestant
prelates, v. 81.

Annesley, Mr. active in promoting the restoration of Charles the
Second without conditions, iv. 312-Opposes the settlement of the
excise duties on the crown, 373.

Antrim, earl of, supposed concern of, in the Irish rebellion, ii. 396,
406, 407.

Aprice, Rev. J. his account of the last moments of Charles the Second,

V. 61, 370.

Arbitrary doctrines, if countenanced by the court, the intention is to
introduce universal slavery, ii. 200-Abortive without an army, v. 294.
Argyle, Archibald, earl of, why induced to be a covenanter, ii. 329—
Proceedings of the earl of Antrim against, 399—In great credit with
the Scottish covenanters, iv. 77-Remarks on his case, as related by
lord Clarendon, v. 20-Copy of a declaration in his favour, signed
by Charles the Second, 22.

Arlington, lord chamberlain, refuses to let the commissioners of the
commons have the accounts of secret service money paid by Sir S.
Fox, v. 287.

Arminius, his amiable character, i. 146-Virulence of king James
against him and his followers, ib.-Several of his followers advanced
by the same king to great dignities, 154-Their servility, 155—The
preachers of the doctrines of, encouraged and promoted by Charles
the First, ii. 208, 213.

Army, the, seizes Charles the First at Windsor, ii. 450. iv. 34-Nego-
tiates with him for the settlement of the nation, ii. 451-The treaty
broken off by the obstinacy and high terms of the king, 457-Seizes
him again in the Isle of Wight, and removes him to Hurst Castle,
469-Subverts the liberties of parliament, and brings the king to the
scaffold, 471-Mutinies on account of some regiments being sent to
Ireland, iii. 94-New-modelled, 115-Mischiefs of confiding the sole
command of, to one man, 116-Mutinies on account of the self-de-
nying ordinance, 118-Cromwell dispensed with paying obedience

to that ordinance to appease it, ib.-Its submission, 121-Its usurpa-
ations, 139, 152-Erects a council of officers and agitators, 141-In-
sults the parliament, 142, 154-Seizos the king, 162-Addresses him
in respectful terms, 168-The king's stiffness disgusts it, 171-
Again seizes him, and shuts him up in Hurst Castle, 179-Purges
the house of commons, ib.-Petitions for a parliamentary reform,
282-Subscribes the engagement to the commonwealth, iv. 56—Pe-
titions Richard Cromwell for a redress of grievances, 191–Rebuked
by the parliament, 192-Constrains Richard to dissolve the parlia-
ment, 193-Deprives him of the protectorate, ib.-Its confession
and declaration on recalling the Rump Parliament, 216-Dissatis-
fied, 217-Requires the appointment of general officers, 218-Pe-
tition and remonstrance from, 220-Stops the proceedings of parlia-
ment, 224-Plea for this measure, 230-Animadversions on its
plea, 237-Opposed by the citizens of London, 245-Disbanded,

338.

Army, Scottish, see Scots and Scotland.

Army, standing, kept up by Charles the Second, contrary to the sense
of parliament, v. 294-Disputes between the king and parliament on
this account, 297-Declared to be illegal, 301.

Arran, earl of, his influence over James the First, i. 8-Confined, 9-
His arrogant proceedings, ib. 11.

Arrowsmith composes panegyrics on Cromwell, on occasion of the
Dutch treaty, iii. 360, 489.

Articles of faith, injustice of requiring unconditional subscription to, v.
91-Instances of the impracticability of the design, 93.

Arundel, committed to the Tower on account of his son's marriage
with the duke of Lennox's sister, ii. 286-Vote of remonstrance to
the king for his release, 287.

Arundel House, committee of Catholics held at, in the reign of Charles
the Second, for considering of the relief to be afforded papists
against the penal laws, v. 74-The conferences ended by the jesuits
refusing to disavow the temporal authority of the pope, 75.
Ashburnham, colonel, concerned in the plot for awing the last parlia-
ment of Charles the First, ii. 384.

Assassination, the perpetrators of, in some instances claim our pity, ii.
38-Schemes of, for the destruction of Cromwell, countenanced by
Charles the Second and his brother, iv. 131.

Association for forcing the parliament to adopt conciliatory measures,
formed in the west, iv. 14—Its fate, 22.

Astrology, Charles the First credulous in, ii. 66-Charles the Second
under the same superstition, v. 9— -Abused by Mountague, to ruin
Danby and the duchess of Portsmouth, 10-Instances of credulity
in the predictions of, 12.

Atkins, Margaret, put to the torture for witchcraft, i. 47.

Atkyns, sir R. on the illegality of the king's maintaining a body-guard,

V. 302.

Attainder, bill of, against Strafford, reversed, ii. 378.

Aubony, or Aubigny, lord, his reasons for the king's acceptance of
terms, expected to be proposed by the presbyterians, iv. 314.

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Bacon, Anthony, instance of his political cunning and intrigue, i. 56.
Bacon, sir Francis, his account of the anxiety of James the First for

the earl of Somerset, when on his trial for the murder of Sir Thomas
Overbury, i. 243.

Bacon, Nicholas, his sons convey a lady out of a window, to preserve
her from the wicked purposes of Buckingham, i. 248.

Bacon, Nat. one of Cromwell's masters of requests, iii. 419.

Bailie, Dr. sub-dean of Wells, turns papist, and is bitter against those
who follow not his example, ii. 240.

Bainton, Mr. his arguments against an excise, iv. 374.

Balcarras, countess of, procures letters from the French Hugonots to
prove that Charles the Second was no papist, iv. 264.

Balfour, sir William, beats a popish priest for seeking to convert his
wife, ii. 234-Lieutenant of the Tower, his conduct respecting the
warrant sent him for the execution of the earl of Loudon, 348.
Balmarino, lord, sentenced to death, on pretence of his surreptitiously
obtaining a letter of king James to the pope, but is afterwards par-
doned, i. 128.

Balmerinock, lord, condemned to death for opposing the act relating
to the apparel of kirkmen, but pardoned, ii. 320.

Baltimore, lord, a Catholic, befriended by Cromwell, iii. 44.
Bamfield, Mr. opposes the establishment of an excise, iv. 374.
Bancroft, bishop, his servility to James the First, i. 103-Rigour of his
proceedings against the puritans, i. 274.

Bankers, their rise in the time of Cromwell, v. 270-Defrauded by
Charles the Second in shutting up the exchequer, 273-Refused
relief by parliament till the 12th year of William and Mary, 275,
Bannister, sir Robert, fined three thousand pounds for forest encroach-
ments, ii. 296.

Barebone, Praisegod, an active member of Cromwell's first parliament,
iii. 328.

Barkstead, col. one of Cromwell's major-generals, iii. 438.

Barloe, Mrs. (the celebrated Lucy Walter) her extravagant profligacy,
iv. 162-Supposed to have been married to Charles the Second on
the continent, 167.

Barnevelt, Dutch envoy, his able negotiation respecting the surrender
of the cautionary towns, i. 194-His journey to England on this
business contradicted, ib. 195.

Barnard, Dr. his life preserved by Cromwell at the taking of Drogheda,

ill. 43.

Barnardiston, Mr. S. fined £10,000. for speaking well of lord W. Rus-
sel and Algernon Sidney, after their execution, v. 336, 349.
Barrington, sir R. threatened by Charles the Second, for presenting the
Essex petition, v. 311.

Bartholomew-day fatal to the cause of religion in England, being the
day on which the nonjuring clergy resigned their livings, v. 88.
Bartley, sir John, concerned in the project for awing the last parliament
of Charles the First, ii. 386.

Barwick, Mr. his letter to Charles the Second, on the death of Oliver
Cromwell, iv. 169.

Basilicon Doron, by James the First, character of, i. 51—Advises the
neglect of parliaments, iv. 52.

Basing House, storming of, Cromwell accused of cowardice on that
occasion, iii. 88.

Bastwick, physician, cruelties inflicted on him, by the star-chamber, ii.
264-Conduct of himself and his wife while he stood in the pillory,

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Bates, Dr. his account of Cromwell's discourse to his wife, in his last
sickness, iii. 21-On Cromwell's pleasantries and buffooneries, 26.
Bathurst, Dr. a panegyrist of Cromwell's government, iii. 361.
Baxter, Rev. Richard, a preacher in Cromwell's court, iii. 42-His ac-
count of the sectarians at the commencement of the Commonwealth,
iv. 55-Letter to, in favour of the religious character of Charles the
Second, on the continent, 260-His narrative of the negotiations
with Moncke for the restoration of the monarchy, 311.

Becanus, Martinus, publishes a refutation of king James's defence of
oaths of allegiance, i. 305.

Bedford level, disputes about the drainage of, iii. 55.

Bedloe, an accomplice of Titus Oates, confesses himself to be perjured,

v. 134.

Bellarmine, writes a letter to Blackwell against the oath of allegiance,
i. 115-Answers James's apology for the oath, under the feigned
name of Mattheus Tortus, 123, 303-The king's reply to this
answer, 126.

Bellasis, Henry, member of parliament, committed to the Fleet for re-
fusing to answer questions put by the council relating to matters in
parliament, ii. 360.

Belviere, the French ambassador, said to have solicited the death of
Mary queen of Scots, i. 19.

Benevolences, exacted by Charles the First without pretext of law, ii.

288.

Bennet, colonel, a member of Barebone's parliament, iii. 326.

Berkley, sir J. his account of the negotiations carried on between the
army and the king for settling the nation, ii. 451.

Berkley, sir Robert, punished by parliament for favouring the exaction
of ship-money, ii. 306.

Berkshire, earl of, governor to prince Charles, afterwards Charles the
Second, iv. 6.

Berkshire petition, treated with contempt by Charles the Second, v.311.
Berry, col. one of Oliver Cromwell's major-generals, iii. 438-His con-
fession of the means by which Richard Cromwell might have per-
petuated his government, iv. 203.

Bertie, Mr. C. examined at the bar of the House for corrupt practices,
v. 284-Committed to the serjeant at arms for contempt, 285-
Farther particulars, 289.

Berwick, Charles the First recommended by Wentworth to keep it
strongly garrisoned against the covenanters, ii. 337-The measure
opposed by them, 338.

Bethlem Gabor, i. 180.

Bible, James the First complains of the want of a good translation of
it, i. 101-Its precepts more repugnant to priestcraft than the writ-
ings of the most acute freethinkers, v. 112.

Biddle, John, the father of English Unitarians, pensioned by Crom-
well during his banishment, iii. 43.

Bigotry, baleful to the country whose prince is tinctured with it, iii.
36-Cromwell superior to it, 37.

Billeting of soldiers, under Charles the First, ii. 288.

Biography of remarkable personages, a subject that excites curiosity,

111. 1.

Birch, colonel, his speech against abolishing the solemn league and

covenant, v. 101.

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